| Surname: | Lay |
| Initials: | G E |
| Rank: | Corporal |
| Army Number: | 5768446 |
| Notes: | CMP. Enlisted in the Royal Norfolk Regiment, transferred to CMP. 27/9/45 to discharge War Diary 16 Company Traffic Control, WO 171/3357. 4/8/1944, Somervieu, enemy aircraft dropped a bomb on unit location after being caught in a AA barrage. 4 other ranks killed, Brooks, Fincham, McGowan & Ward, 24 wounded mostly by blast. Casualty List 1526/38, wounded, North West Europe, 4/8/1944. 30/7/48 He was awarded the 1939-1945 Star, France & Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal. Address:- 38 Dorset Street, Luton, Beds. George Edward Lay. |